Outstanding victory by India. They thoroughly deserve the T20I series win and the 4-2 points lead in the multiformat series. Australia have work to do. The teams now begin three ODIs starting in Brisbane on Tuesday. India are the ODI World Champions having beaten Australia in the semi-final at the World Cup last year. Australia will welcome back retiring skipper Alyssa Healy for her farewell series. Thanks for you company tonight. Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
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India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: “It’s a complete team effort. Everyone is so positive. Smriti and Jemi both played a really big role. The bowling plans were very simple. It was only about taking wickets. I think the bowlers did a really great job for us.”
Australia captain Sophie Molinuex: “We actually thought we kept them to a pretty good score. It was a pretty good wicket. I think we just lost some pretty important wickets at the wrong time.”
Smriti Mandhana is Player of the Match: “It’s good to contribute to a series win. Beating Australia in Australia is something really special and really happy for the team. It was a really good to have a partnership with Jemi. When she came in and got those three quick boundaries that settled me down.”
10.35pm India win by 17 runs and claim the T20I series 2-1. That is the first time Australia has suffered a single format series defeat at home in any format since 2017. It was set up by an outstanding partnership between Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues. Richa Ghosh played a great hand as well to post the highest total in women’s T20Is at Adelaide Oval. Shreyanka Patil then took two in the powerplay and Australia’s top order stumbled badly. Ash Gardner briefly gave the hosts hope but her 57 was in vein.
Prasad: “Comprehensive by team India. Aussies never looked to be in the chase.”
drmandep: “Both the men’s and women’s T20 teams of Aussies losing badly! if reports are true, they are not taking the format seriously!! is it???”
Sharma to Garth, 1 run, tossed up on off, she drives to long-on
